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Show j Constant changes in mill costs on practically all of our lines j make it almost impossible tj keep a Price List showing revised revis-ed prices before our customers. Price List No. II was issued a few days ago but is now incorrect incor-rect on many items which must be changed to conform to new costs. On such orders a3 we are favored fav-ored with the lowest possible market price will be applied, but prices must be subject to market changes from day to day. We will cheerfully quote prices on specific inquiries and it is in our opinion, unsafe to enter any large order requiring quantities of paper stock without first getting get-ting late quotations, as some of the advances applied are very sharp. Western Newspaper Union, Salt Lake City. As yet we have not advanced prices on printing on account of the great advances in cost of paper and are now doing printing print-ing cheaper than some country offices did before the war began, but should paper prices continue to advance we will eventually have to add a little to our prices on commercial printing. Effects of War on the Printer That the nesvspapers are getting get-ting their full share of high prices caused by the European war is evidenced by the notices which continue to come fron the paper houses of advances ii prices and almost all kinds of paper pa-per material. The latest to arrive ar-rive came a few days ago anc notifies us that orders will now be subject to change from da to day and that no reliance car be placed on the catalog pi ices a; the houses are unable to keej. pace in their price lists with the changing prices. A list of the articles used in the manufacture of paper is given in the late no tice of change of prices and comparison of the ingredients ii 1914 and 1916. The advances ir some cases is as high as 400 pel cent, and in the case of aniline it has gone from 40c. per pounc to $20.00 per pound. The news papers of the country are now resorting to unbleached new; paper on account of the high prices of bleaching material. Following is the latest notice of the paper conditions in this country |